Alfred Spector Coins "Synthiety": A Social Order Where Society and AI Are Inseparable
bigdata · x · 2026-09-18
- Alfred Spector published "The Synthesis is Here" in The American Scholar.
- He proposes "Synthiety": a social order where human society and AI are inextricably integrated.
- Shaping it, he argues, requires both the liberal arts and technological wisdom.
- The essay pairs the concept with pragmatic, concrete proposals.
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